QM4 & QM8 - Digispec
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1. 13 6 1 Record Mode 13 6 2 Play Back La SEO 15 9 PROGRAMMING 16 7 1 Main AGEDA 18 7 2 Time amp Date 19 7 2 ae 21 7 4 Display Settings 24 7 5 Normal Record Mode 25 7 6 Alarm Record Mode 30 7 7 Remote Pott wie eee ee a a 33 7 8 Input Termination sea 36 7 9 Sequence Dwell 37 GENERAL Sa Bedi gr 37 AVE S LIMITED EQUIPMENT WARRANTY FOR 38 FIGURES Figure 1 Front Panel QM 4 9 Figure 2 Back Panel Of QM4 10 Figure 3 Basic QM4 Connections 11 Figure 4 DB 25 12 Figure 5 MONG eka eee 18 Figure 6 Time Date 19 Figure 7 amp 0 1222 22 20 Figure 8 Camera Titler Main 21 Figure 9 Sub Menu of Set Titler 22 Figure 10 Display Settings Menu 24 Figure 11 Normal Record Mode Ment 25 Figure 12 Extrernal Trigger Connection 26 Figure 13 Set by Hour2. 28 Figure 14 Set by Field Interval Menu 29 Figure 15 Alarm Record 30 Figure 16 Remote Port Menu rss 34 Figure 17 Input Termination Menu 35 Figure 18 Sequence Dwell Menu 36 TABLES Table 1 Remote Control DB 25 to DB 9 Cable 33 Table 2 Remote Control DB 25 to DB 25 33 Table 3 RS 232 34 1 FEATURES 580 lines High Resolution 672x480 pixels with 256 levels of gray 8 bit Real Time 60 Hz Quad Mode Duopage Quad for 8 or Multiplexed Output in Record Mode Quad or Full Screen in Playback Mode Duopage Quad for QM8 2X Zoom in all modes with 9 Centering Positions Camera Switcher Pulse Input for automatic VCR synchronization 2 Monitor Outputs Playback and Call Up Video Loss Detection Bypassing and Alarming Alarm Inputs one per camera Alarm Output RS 232 Standard Commands Time Date Universal Format Titling for each Camera Input 12VDC Low Power Input Looping Inputs with programmable termination Rugged 18 gauge metal case On Screen Programming 2 SPECIFICATIONS Resolution Better than 580 lines B amp W 672x480 pixels with 256 levels of gray 8 bit Video Inputs 4 Camera 1V BNC Looping 8 8 Camera 1V BNC Looping Programmable 75 ohm termination On Off 1 VCR Input 1
3. DOWN button to choose bottom left bottom right or bottom center title position 3 After making your selection press and release SET button again 4 Exit out from all the menus to activate your selection Set Titler Set Titler lets you enter the title for any camera in the 4 or 8 To enter the titler follow the following instructions 1 Under the camera titler menu move your cursor in front of Set Titler and press and release SET button 2 Set Titler menu will up on the screen as shown in Figure 9 for QM4 and Figure 9b for QM8 Set Titler 1 Set Titler 2 Set Titler 3 Set Titler 1 Set Titler 4 Set Titler 2 Set Titler 5 Set Titler 6 Set Titler 7 Set Titler 8 Set Titler 9 Set Titler 3 Set Titler 4 Exit b Figure 9 Sub menu of Set Titler 22 DOWN button moves the alphabet in ascending order and numerics in descending orider UP button moves the alphbets in descending order and numerics in ascending order RIGHT button move the cursor toward right position LEFT back space Now move your cursor to the desired title number and press and release SET but ton e g If you want to put title on camera 3 then select SET TITLE 3 A blinking cursor will appears on the screen Use UP or DOWN to scroll through the available letters numbers and special characters available for titling Use the RIGHT or
4. Record Hour 4 Record Mode VIRTUAL RT Record Density DOUBLE Exit Set by Hour Set by Field Intervel Alarm In Mode Alarm Out mode NO Alarm Dwell 1 sec Exit Camera Input Record 1 out of 47 VCR Input 75 OHMS 16 8 PROGRAMMING 8 MENU 1 11 37P 1 01 98TH T D Display ON Time Format 12 Hour Date Format MM DD YY Set Time Date Set Titler 1 Reset Time Date Exit Set Titler 2 Set Titler 3 Set Titler 4 Titler Display Set Titler 5 EE Set Titler 6 Titler Position Set Titler 7 Set Titler 8 Set Titler Set Titler 9 Exit Display Position Grayscale background Record Hour 4 Record Mode VIRTUAL RT Record Density DOUBLE Exit Ext Trigger Time Date Set by Hour Set by Field Interve Camera Titler Display Settings Exit Exit Normal Record Mode Alarm Record Mode Remote Input Termination Sequence Dwell Exit Record 1 out of 47 Alarm Record Set by Hour Set by Field Intervel Alarm In Mode NO Alarm Out mode NO Record Hour 4 Record Mode VIRTUAL RT Record Density DOUBLE Exit Alarm Dwell 1 Exit Camera Input HZ Record 1 out of 47 VCR Input 75 OHMS 17 7 1 Main Menu The pervious section shows the menu legends of the QM In the nex
5. Normal Recording mode lets you set the recording speed of the QM The QM al lows you to set the recording speed in three different ways e Set by External Trigger usually from the VCR A Set Speed Hour the recording hour of the timelapse VCR A Set By Field Interval integral number of pictures between cameras This section will discuss the setting of above mentioned speed selection method To access the Normal Record mode place the cursor infront of Normal Record Mode in the main menu and press the SET button The Normal Record mode menu will appears on the monitor screen Ext Trigger OFF Set by Hour Set by Field Intervel Exit Figure 11 Normal Record Mode menu Set Recording Speed by External Internal Trigger Trigger In The camera switcher or CS pulse output of a VCR triggers when the VCR is record ing an image Some VCRs record the image while their VCR tape is stopped therefore the tape moves directly after the pulse is issued Some VCR record while the tape is moving This pulse when supplied to the QM will initiate the unit to go to the next cam era in the multiplexer sequence and output to the VCR until the next CS pulse comes in If the CS pulse goes away during the process then the QM will continue to play the image until it receives the pulse Some VCRs output a CS pulse while in the Time lapse record mode but when in the real time 2 hour mode this pulse is not available If the CS pulse is not reciev
6. BNC 75 ohm termination On Off Video Outputs 1 VCR Output 1V P P BNC into 75 ohm Record Only 1 Playback Monitor Output 1 BNC into 75 ohm Record amp Playback 1 Call Monitor Output 1 V BNC into 75 ohm sources switchable Live Mode QM4 Quad Full Screen or Sequencing Full Screen QM8 Quad Duoquad Sequencing Full Screen or Sequencing Full Screen Record Mode Full Frame Mode 60Hz maximum new picture rate Playback Mode Full Screen or Quad 8 Full Screen Quad or Sequencing DuoQuad Zoom Mode 2 in all modes with 9 centering positions Camera Pulse Active low negative going edge DB 25F Camera Pulse Out Active low negative going edge when recording DB 25F Remote Control RS 232C Industry standard command set DB 25F Alarm Inputs QM4 4 NO NC Programmable DB 25F 8 8 NO NC Programmable DB 25F Alarm Output 1 NO Output DB 25F Enclosure 18 gauge painted metal three piece design Battery back Up 1 year all programming Certifications FCC CE Power 8 14 VDC 400 mA 2 1 mm x 5 5 DC coax connector Warranty 1 yr parts amp Labor 3 INTRODUCTION The term multiplexer was given to an electronic device that time multi plexes video pictures from numerous cameras onto one VCR This means that one field or frame from one camera was switched to the VCR then im mediately following that picture was another field or frame from another cam era and so on fr
7. LEFT buttons to move the cursor right or left to select the next character position for programming After entering the title press and release the SET button Exit out of all the menus to activate all the selection 23 7 4 Display Settings Display Settings are provided to allow simple changing of the display s verticle and horizontal position and the gray scale or the background settings The following menu will pop up on the screen when display settings are selected from the main menu Display Position Grayscale background Figure 10 Display Settings Menu Display Position Follow the steps below to set the horizontal postion or the verticle position of the inserted text 1 Under the Display settings menu place the cursor infront of Display Position and press SET button 2 Press UP or DOWN button to set the horizontal settings 3 Pree LEFT or RIGHT button to set the verticle settings 4 Exit out of programming mode to activate the selection Gray Scale Background There are 10 settings to choose the grayscale background settings Follow the steps to set the grayscale background settings 1 Under the Display settings menu place the cursor in front of Grayscale back ground and press the SET button 2 Press UP or DOWN button to set the grayscale background settings 3 Exit out of programming mode to activate the selection 24 7 5 Normal Record Mode
8. hour European style time format Set the time or set the time to factory de fault Following subsections describe to set the above mentioned settings Display Time amp Date on Screen 1 2 3 4 5 In Time Date sub menu place the cursor in front of T D Display and press and release the SET button Press the UP or DOWN buttons to select ON or OFF Press and release the SET button again To exit out of the Display Time amp Date place cursor in front of Exit and press and release SET button To activate your selection place your cursor in front of EXIT in the main menu and press and release the SET button Note Selecting OFF will turn off Time amp Date display T D Display ON Time Format 12 Hour Date Format MM DD YY Set Time Date Reset Time Date Exit Figure 6 Time Date Menu Selecting Time Format Place the cursor in front of Time Format and press and release the SET but ton Cursor will start blinking Now push Up or Down button to select 12 or 24 time display mode After selecting the desired selection press and release the SET button that will stop cursor to blink Exit out from all the menus to activate your selection Selecting Date Format Under the Time amp Date menu place the cursor in front of Date Format and press and release
9. ohm terminated loads at 1 V You may these outputs to two 75 ohm terminated devices like VCRs or monitors and still maintain 1V output from the QM series 1 Press and Release the menu button to access the main menu 2 Place your cursor in front of Input termination and press and release the SET 3 Input termination menu will pop up on the screen as shown in the figure below 4 Place cursor in front of Camera input and press and release the SET button 5 Select either 75 OHM HI Z by pressing UP or Down buttons 6 Now place the cursor in front of VCR input and press and release the SET button 7 Select either 75 OHM or HI Z and press and release the SET button 8 Exit out from all menus to activate above changes Sequence Dwell Camera Input VCR Input 75 OHMS EXIT Figure 17 Input Termination Menu 35 7 9 Sequence Dwell Sequence Dwell lets you specify the amount of time that a camera image can stay on the monitor or VCR before switching to different camera image Different switching timing can be selected for Monitor output and for VCR output To change the timing follow the following steps 1 2 Press and Release the menu button to access the main menu Place cursor in front of Sequence Dwell and press and release the SET button Sequence Dwell menu will pop up as shown in the figure below Place the curso
10. press to switch to the alternate quad in ZOOM mode press to move the zoomed picture to the right position in programming mode press to move the cursor right whenever necessary SEQ UP In the record mode press to switch the cameras sequentially If the MON LED is ON the Call Monitor output will be switched sequentially If MON LED is off then the record output to the VCR will be a sequencing image rather than the multiplexed record sig nal In ZOOM mode press to move the zoomed picture up in programming mode press to move cursor up or change the value if the cursor is flashing MON DOWN In the record or play mode press to switch the front panel push buttons to control the call monitor output When selected the MON LED will be ON SEQ CAM1 8 are used to switch the call monitor output in ZOOM mode press to move the zoomed picture down in programming mode press to move cursor down or change the value if the cursor is flashing PLAY Puts the QM in in Quad play mode also switches the call MON OUT to playback mode RECORD Puts the QM in the record mode also switches the call MON OUT to sequence through all cameras live 1 8 If the MON LED is OFF switches the VCR OUT to selected camera input If the MON LED is ON switches the call MON output to selected camera input Warning The QM series has the ability to change the multiplex recording output to either a single camera or sequencing through all cameras with a dig
11. record mode Sequential Full Screen Recording Viewing To record a sequencing full screen output press the RECORD button In this mode you will now be able to change the recording signal to the VCR If you are only using a call monitor you will be viewing the same as the VCR monitor output In this mode you will now be able to change the recording signal to the VCR If you want to record all cameras sequentially press the SEQ button See the programming section for changing the cam era dwell This is a digital sequencing mode and all cameras are time base corrected That means there will be no monitor roll and no interruption on the recorded VCR signal between camera switching Remember this mode does not record in the multiplex record ing mode press RECORD at any time to go back to the normal QM record mode Zoom Recording Viewing To record or view the 2X zoom of any camera input on the VCR monitor press the RECORD button In this mode you will now be able to change the recording signal to the VCR If you are only using monitor you will be viewing the same as the VCR monitor output In this mode you will now be able to change the recording signal to the VCR Now press the ZOOM button the LED on ZOOM FULL and RECORD will be ON Now press LEFT RIGHT UP or DOWN button to set the position of the zoom You can then select what camera to zoom via the buttons You ca
12. 29 7 6 Alarm Record Mode Alarm recording is one of the most powerful feature of QM QM upon receiving the Alarm input the user can change the recording speed i e if QM recording speed is on Time Lapse can be change to Real Time or any other selected speed If no selection is made for the speed then QM by default switch the recording speed to Real Time recording When a particular camera is alarmed that cameras recording rate is doubled to capture more information from the alarmed camera The following menu will pop up on screen when Alarm Record mode is selected Under Alarm record menu you can set the Alarm record option ON or OFF set the alarm record mode recording speed set the alarm in mode to normally open or normally close and also set the alarm output to normally open or normally close Alarm Record ON Set by Hour Set by Field Intervel Alarm In Mode Alarm Out mode Alarm Dwell Exit Figure 15 Alarm Record Mode Enabling the Alarm Record Mode You can enable or disable the alarm record mode The following is the procedure to enable or disable the Alarm record mode 1 Under the alarm record mode menu place the cursor in front of Alarm record mode and press the SET button 2 On blinking cursor select between or OFF 3 After making selection press SET button again and exit out from the menu Selecting Alarm mode Recording Speed You can select the recording speed in three di
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14. QM4 amp 8 B amp W Simplex Multiplexer EIA NTSC OPERATIONAL MANUAL WAVE CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE WARNING THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES USES AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL MAY CAUSE INTERFERENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS FOR A CLASS A COMPUTING DEVICE PURSUANT TO SUBPART J OF PART 15 FCC RULES WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST SUCH INTERFERENCE WHEN OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT OPERATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS LIKELY TO CAUSE INTERFERENCE IN WHICH CASE THE USER AT HIS OWN EXPENSE WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE WHATEVER MEASURES MAY BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE INTERFERENCE Copyright c 1999 TransAmerican International Inc Printed in Thailand TABLE OF CONTENTS BR FEATURES zoian a 5 2 6 3 INTRODUCTION 3 7 4 FRONT PANEL 22005 8 5 BACK PANEL a aa 10 6 CONNECTIONS wince 11 7 DB 25 CONNECTIONS 12 8 BASIC
15. SET button Cursor will start blinking Chose the format from the selection yy mm dd or mm dd yy or by pressing either UP or Down button YY is the year selection MM is the month selection and DD is the day selection Exit out from all the menus to activate your selection Set Time amp Date 1 Under the Time amp Date menu place the cursor in front of Set Time Date and press and release SET button 2 Time and Date window on the screen as shown in the figure 7 1 11 37 1 01 98 Figure 7 Time amp Date By pressing UP or DOWN button you can change the blinking digit of the Time or Date Press LEFT and RIGHT button to move the blinking digit either to the left or right direction to finish all the programming selections After setting the Time or Date press and release the SET button Exit out all the menus to activate the time and date that had been enter Reset Time amp Date Under the Time amp Date menu select Reset Press and release SET button It will reset the time and date to factory default Exit out from all the menus to activate the above selection 20 7 3 Camera Titler The Camera Titler allows you to turn the titler ON or OFF set the position of the titler or let you enter the titler on any specific camera or on all of the cameras connected with QM
16. cuss the basic operation of the multiplexer without doing any programming We will assume the programming is at the factory default settings There are two basic modes of operation in the QM namely the Record mode and the Play back Mode Power Up the QM Power up the QM after making the connections as shown in the Figure 3 The LEDs onthe RECORD and FULL buttons will be turned on which is the power up operational mode You will see the multiplex image on the VCR monitor indicating that the QM is sending the Multiplex record signal to the VCR The Call monitor will also have the multi plexed signal in case you are only using one monitor To view the call monitor sequencing throught the live views of all cameras press MON and the SEQ Any blinking LED on the CAM buttons indicate that cameras input is not present and a video loss is detected 6 1 Record Mode There are 5 possible ways of recording in the QM Multiplex Quad Zoom Full Screen and Full Screen Sequence recording The VCR monitor output will always show the actual video signal going to the input of the VCR While you are recording in any of the above modes you can also view the full screen output of any specific camera or all the cameras sequentially on the call monitor To do that make sure a monitor is connected to the MON output of the QM as shown in figure 3 See the MON mode to set this option Multiplex Recording Viewing By default the QM will power up i
17. d for RS 232 communication alarm input out put and trigger pulse input output connections The pin out of Remote Control is shown in figure 4 M4 VIDEO 12VDC VCR OUT VCR REMOTE 222 LOOP OUT VCRIN MON Figure 2 Back panel of QM4 6 Connections 1 Before connecting make sure all the equipment is powered down 2 Connect the QM with Cameras VCRs Monitors and power as shown in Figure 3 3 Power up the system The QM will go into the multiplexer record mode by default the call monitor will be sequencing through the live cameras and the VCR playback monitor will have the multiplexed image that goes to the VCR Cameras VCR Monitor Call Monitor VIDEO IN LOOP OUT Figure 3 Basic QM4 connection 7 DB 25 Connections Q 2 E 79 pll GROUND D GROUND 2 ii ALARM IN 4 ALARM IN 3 GROUND 1 Q ALARM IN 2 ALARMIN GROUND D 7 GROUND D ALARM OUT SWITCHING PULSE OUT p E il SWITCHING PULSE IN T Il RxD 13 eron E gt GROUND ALARM OUT SWITCHING PULSE OUT SWITCHING PULSE IN ALARM IN 8 ALARM IN7 PPP BD OOG E Figure 4 Remote Control Pinout 4 8 The above connections are shown as the solder points to the mating DB 25M connector 12 8 BASIC OPERATION In this section we will dis
18. de screen pop up on the as shown in figure 13 Place your cursor in front of Record Hour and press and release ZOOM SET Cursor will start blinking Select the recording speed by pressing UP or DOWN button Press and release the SET button Now move cursor in front Record mode and press and release the SET button Cursor will start blinking again Press UP or DOWN button until TIME LAPSE appears in front of record mode Press and release SET button again Move your cursor in front of Record Density and press and release the SET button On blinking cursor select the desire recording density e g single double or triple After selecting the density press and release the SET button Exit out of all the menus to activate above selection You are ready to record in Time Lapse mode 28 Setting by Field Interval This option is designed for more experienced users You can set the record speed by fieldd interval Follow the following steps to set recording speed by field interval 1 In the Normal Record mode menu place your cursor in front of Set by Field Interval and press and release SET button 2 Set By Field Interval menu pop up on screen as shown in figure 14 3 Place your cursor in front of Record 1 out of and press and release the SET button 4 Now you can select number of fields from which you want to R
19. ds SL Mon 1 8 Only 01 08 QM8 QMsB 01 04 1 The QM uses the above set of RS 232 commands To communicate with the serial device the Baud rate of the QM and the serial de vice must be the same Also configure the serial device as 8 bits No parity and 1 stop bit Follow the steps to set the baud rate in the QM NOOR WD Press and Release the menu button to access the main menu Place cursor in front of Remote Port and press and release SET button Remote Port menu will pop up on screen as shown in Figure below Place you cursor in front of Baud rate and press and release SET button Select the baud rate and pressing the UP or DOWN buttons Exit out from all the menus to activate the selection is ready to receive the command from your computer or serial port device Baudrate Figure 16 Remote Port Menu 34 7 8 Input Termination 4 and 8 gives you the option to terminate the input of the VCR or Cam eras either with 75 ohms or with high impedance The cameras termination is a global one which means all must be terminated or all unterminated If you are mixing looping with terminating you must supply an external terminator on cameras not looping To set the termination follow the following steps Note All outputs of the QM except camera looping output have the ability to drive an unterminated 75
20. ecord one field 5 Press and release the SET button after you completing the Field selec tion 6 Exit out of all the menu to activate recording Record 1 out of 47 Figure 14 Set by Field Interval Menu Understanding Record Timing When setting the Normal Record or Alarm Mode of the QM the follow is a descrip tion of the functions When you set by hour this assumes the VCR is recording a pre determined number of pictures per second on the tape In real time mode all VCRs record 60 pictures per second the NTSC standard In the Virtual Real time mode most VCRs record 20 pictures per second however it is possible for this to be improved in the future In the time lapse mode of 24 hours and above for standard density recording most VCRs record 5 pictures per second When using double or triple density VCRs this is either doubled or tripled to 10 or 15 picturs per second If you choose to set the QM by field rate interval the same will be true only this menu breaks down the time computation to number of fields rather than recording time Since each field takes 17 ms to complete you are actually programming by time also just using a multiple of 17 ms between pictures Make sure you understand the recording pictures per second of your VCR to issue the best performance of the QM multiplexer To eliminate all the above use the VCR camera switcher pulse which automatically controls the QM to record at the best possible picture rate
21. ed by the QM within 30 secs the QM will assume a 2 hour record speed and switch accordingly The following figure show the relationship between the CS Pulse In to video output of the QM Figure 12 shows the pin out information from remote control port to the VCR TRIGGER IN Lf VIDEO OUT CAM 1 gt lt CAM 2 25 The following figure shows the connections that need to be made between the remote control connector and the VCR CS output so that QM can receive the trigger output from the VCR After making that connection turn ON the external trigger of QM by using the following programming steps 1 Inthe Normal Record Mode sub menu move the cursor in front of EXT TRIGGER and press and release the SET button Cursor will start blinking Now Press either UP or DOWN button to select EXT Trigger ON Press and release SET button again Exit out from all the menus to activate your selection DB 25 Bo Ground Switching Pulse Out Switching Pulse In SHB SERBS PPP ED BD OOG SE Figure 12 External Trigger Connection Trigger Out The QM trigger output gives a signal to the VCR to record the current image immediately because the multiplexer is switching to the next camera in the sequence The following figure showed the relation between the output pulse and the input camera To activate that option you need to make sure that EXT Trigger is on OFF posi tion For tu
22. exeres The name QM stands for Quad or Multi plexer since the QM series has the ability to be a real time 60 Hz quad or sequencing Duoquad 8 or a high performance simplex multiplexer With 2 monitor outputs the user can be viewing the call monitor with live images while watching the playback on an additional monitor For additional information on multiplexers visit the AVE website at www americanvideoequipment com and click Education A more detailed white paper on multiplexer technology is available here 4 FRONT PANEL There 16 push buttons on the 8 and 12 push buttons QM4 as shown in Figure 1 They are described as follows MENU Press this button to bring out the menu driven setup feature Press it again while in the programming mode will exit the menu immediately ZOOM SET In record or play mode press this button to zoom in the picture It is a 2x zoom with 9 centering positions In programming mode use to set or change the value or enter into a sub menu FULLA In record mode press to get into multiplex recording In the play mode press to switch to full screen display in ZOOM mode press to move the zoomed picture to the left position in programming mode press to move cursor left whenever necessary QUADA In the record mode press the switch to view the real time quad output for the QM8 press again to view the alternate quad In the playback mode press to switch the display to Quad In the QM8
23. fferent ways These recording speed are independent from the recording speed that has selected in the Normal Recording mode The QM will automatically switch between these recording speeds after receiving the Alarm in signal Following sections describe the setting of recording speed in the Alarm record mode 30 By External or Internal Trigger The QM can either adjust its recording speed with the VCR by Internal trigger or can set the speed of the VCR by the external trigger To set the speed with external or internal trigger follow the following procedure NOTE This option only work with the VCRs which support internal trigger input or external trigger output 1 Under the main menu move the cursor in front of Normal Record mode and press SET button 2 Under the Normal Record mode menu move cursor in front of Ext Trigger and turn OFF to enable External trigger or select ON to enable the Internal Trigger 3 After making the selection exit out of all the menus Note Select the recording speed if you choose to enable the external trigger Setting the Speed Manually You can set the recording speed to Real Time Virtual Real time or the Time Lapse manually by follow the following procedure Under the Alarm Record mode menu select Set by Hour and press SET The Set by Hour Window will pop up on the screen Place the cursor in front of Record Hour and press Set Select the Recording t
24. ime and press SET again Now place the cursor infront of Record Mode and press SET Press or Down button to chose Real Time Virtual real Time and Time Lapse Mode If you choose the Time Lapse mode then place the cursor in front of the Record density and press set 8 Press UP or DOWN buttons to select from Single Double and Triple 9 After making the selection exit out of all the menus GO GI db GA DO Setting the Speed by the Field interval Follow the steps to set the recording speed by field interval 1 Under the Alarm record menu place the cursor in front of Set by Field Interval and press SET 2 Set by Field Interval window will pop up on the screen 3 Move the cursor in front of Record 1 out of and select the field number by press ing UP or DOWN button 4 After making the selection exit out of all the menus to activate the choice 31 Alarm In Mode The QM provides an option to set the alarm input as active high or active low Follow the steps to set the QM alarm input as active high NC Normally Closed or active low NO Normally Open 1 Under the Alarm Record mode place the cursor in front of Alarm In Mode and press the SET button 2 On blinking cursor press either UP or DOWN button to select NO Nor mally Open or NC Normally Close 3 Exit out from all the menus to activate the selection Alarm Ou
25. itized image When the MON LED is off you are programming this record output Combination Buttons Playback While in the playback mode both monitors will show the playback image the same If you want to view the live multiplexed output of the VCR or to program the VCR via its on screen programming press the PLAY and MON buttons simultaneously Pressing the Play button again will return to the normal play mode ZOOM FULL QUAD SEQ MON PLAY RE SET lt gt A Figure1 a Front Panel Of QM4 5 BACK PANEL POWER The QM takes 12VDC 400 ma via a DC adapter that plugs in the back of the QM VCR OUT The VCR OUT should be connected to the input of the VCR VCR VCR is the playback record monitor output In the record mode it displays the multiplexed picture output to the VCR in the playback mode it displays the quad or full screen playback or the live multiplexed output of the VCR VCR IN VCR IN should be connected to the output of the VCR and is programmable termi nated or unterminated MON MON can be connected to the input of the call monitor VIDEO IN Cameras can be connected to QM VIDEO IN connectors and are programmable terminated or unterminated as a global setting LOOP OUT Video output of the corresponding camera Must be programmed for Hi Z or unterminated when this option is used to guarantee quality recorded video REMOTE CONTROL The DB 25 female connector is use
26. n not record the multiplexed output on the VCR while you are using the zoom mode The zoomed picture goes to the input of the VCR for recording To exit out of Zoom mode press the ZOOM button again 6 2 Play Back Mode The multiplexed recorded cassette tape can be viewed in quad duoquad full screen and zoom mode or as the actual images coming from the VCR The default of the QM is to display the playback on both monitors in the quad mode If you desire to use the VCR monitor for playback while the Call monitor is displaying something else refer to MON programming Quad Mode To view the multiplexed recorded tape in the Quad mode first press the PLAY button on your VCR Now on the QM press the PLAY button LEDs on PLAY and QUAD buttons will be ON and a Quad image will appear on the VCR and Call monitor screens If you are using QM8 then pressing the Quad button again will toggle between the quad image of cameras 1 to 4 or cameras 5 to 8 If you are in the full screen play back mode and wish to view in the quad mode just press the QUAD button Full Screen Mode The multiplexed recorded tape can also be viewed in the full screen mode To play the full screen mode press the PLAY and then the FULL button on your QM The camera full screen will be the one previously selected You can now select the camera number that you want to view in the full screen mode You may also go directly from pressing the PLAY but
27. n the multiplexed recording mode The LED onthe RECORD and FULL buttons illuminated only indicates that the QM is sending multiplexed images to VCR You can see the multiplexed image on the VCR monitor also You can also activate this mode by pressing the RECORD button any time If you want to see any specific camera on your call monitor press the MON button then press the CAM where is the number of camera you want to view If you want to automatically sequence through all the cameras press the SEQ button The LEDs on the MON SEQ and RECORD button will be on while the LEDs on the CAM buttons will be ON sequentially and will remain ON for the amount of time set SEQUENCE DWELL See the program ming section to set the sequence timing If you connect a separate monitor on the VCR output then you can view the multiplexed image on that monitor If you desire to view the multiplexed recording image on the call monitor press the RECORD button Warning When the MON LED is off you can change the recording output signal to the VCR The normal mode of multiplexed recording is when the FULL LED is on If this is off then either one camera or a sequence of cameras is being recorded as in a normal video switcher Quad or Duoquad Recording Viewing To record the real time quad image press the RECORD button In this mode you will now be able to change the recording signal to the VCR If you are only using a call monitor you
28. no titler is entered then the QM by default will display the camera number on the screen The following section describes the setting of the above features Camera Titler main menu To access the camera titler main menu follow the following steps 1 Press and release the Menu button Main menu will pop up on the monitor as shown in the Figure 5 2 Place the cursor in front of Camera Titler option 3 Press and release the SET button to access the Camera Titler main menu Camera titler menu pops up as appeared in the figure 8 Titler Display ON Titler Position RIGHT Set Titler Exit Figure 8 Camera Tiller Main Menu Titler Display Titler Display gives you control of turning the titler or OFF To turn OFF the titler do the following steps 1 Under the Camera titler menu place your cursor in front of Titler Display and press and release SET button 2 Now press either UP or DOWN button to select ON or OFF 3 Press and release the SET 4 Exit out from all the menu to activate the above selection 21 Titler Position You can place the titler in the center bottom right bottom or left bottom of the channel To set the titler position follow the following steps 1 Inthe Camera tiler menu place the cursor in front of Titler Position and press and release the ZOOM SET button 2 Now press either
29. om each camera then it started over again This technique maintains full resolution as does normal video switchers but reduces the time between recorded images so the 2 3 second dead time between normal cam era switching was reduce to 17ms milliseconds times the number of cam eras The multiplexer electronically marks each picture with a camera num ber so it can be identified upon playback When the recorded tape is played back through the multiplex the multi plexer electronically identifies the desired picture to be viewed When the picture is identified the multiplexer updates the viewable image on the moni tor so you only see the requested image or images if in the quad mode There exits three types of multiplexers in Black amp White or Color Sim plex Duplex or Full Duplex The Simplex models are for unattended opera tion since they can only view switched images when the multiplexer is in the recording mode Duplex models allow simultaneously recording on the VCR while the operator can view the total number of cameras viewed at once on the multi screen display Full Duplex allows the playback of a second VCR while viewing the multi screen display while the first VCR remains recording The AVE QM line of multiplexers are Black amp White Simplex They do however have features above the standard Simplex design The high resolu tion give the QM line the most advanced performance amp features of any Black amp White simplex multipl
30. r in front of MonOut Sequence and press and release the SET button Select the sequencing trimming by pressing the UP or DOWN button Press the Set button after the selecting the desired trimming To Select the VCR out put sequence trimming move the cursor in front of VCRout Select the desired timing by pressing the Up or Down buttons Exit out from all the menus to activate the selection Figure 18 Sequence Dwell Menu 36 GENERAL POLICES Freight Policy Products and Prices are shipped F O B Houston Texas Refused Shipments All refused shipments will be subject to a 15 restocking fee and freight charges Shipping and Return Policy and Procedure We are fully inspected our products to insure quality and carefully packed for delivery to you in good condition In case that you are not satisfied with our products and must return them please follow our Return Policy and Procedure No return is accepted after 30 days from the date of purchase Products returned for credit must be in unused condition and contained in its original package All return other than the products under the AVE manufacture warranty are subjected to 15 restocking and freight charges Call our customer service toll free number to obtain the RMA number Return Mate rial Authorization prior to the shipment of the product to return The RMA number must be clearly displayed on all the shipping labels The RMA numbe
31. r is VALID ONLY FOR 15 DAYS from the issued date NOTE The RMA number is required for all returned products i e warranty and non warranty products for services and repair 37 AVE S LIMITED EQUIPMENT WARRANTY FOR QM AVE s Products are guaranteed to be free of defects in workmanship and material If any failure resulting from either workmanship or material defects should occur under normal and proper usage within the period stated below for each product form the original provable date of purchase such failure should be repaired at no cost to the buyer for labor and if the defective product s is sent to AVE QM One 1 Parts amp Labor This AVE warranty does not cover the following Products received for repair without an RMA number sales or delivery receipt showing date of purchase by original customer Damages caused by incorrect use carelessness unauthorized alterations improper Storage or unauthorized service installation or repairs Damage caused by fire flood lighting vandalism collision act of God or other events beyond the control of AVE External parts such as cabinet and key pad Damages resulting from loss of use loss of time or inconvenience cost of temporary replacement units or spares property damage caused by this unit or its failure to work or any other incidental or consequential damages Hostile operating environments In transit damage claims improper handling by carrier of post offices
32. rning that OFF repeat step 1 through 5 again and make sure to select OFF in step number 3 instead of ON After making the connection shown in Figure 12 and turning OFF the EXT Trigger you can now control the VCR recording speed via QM TRIGGER OUT 26 Record Hour Record hour represent that amount of time that you can record on standard 2 hours VHS cassette Record Mode Three Mode are available Real Time mode Virtual Real Time mode and Time Lapse mode Record Density That option only enable if you are using the Time Lapse mode lts option are single density double density and triple density Set speed Manually The QM Normal record menu gives you option to set the recording speed manually The speed selection options are Real time Virtual real time and Time Lapse recording Following the sections below described the setting of the Real Time Virtual Real Time and the Time Lapse settings Real Time Recording 1 b PO 10 11 12 In the Normal Record mode menu place your cursor in front of Set by Hour and press and release SET button Normal Record Mode screen up on the shown in figure 13 Place your cursor in front of Record Hour and press and release SET Select your desired speed of recording by pushing UP or DOWN button Press and release the SET button again Now move cursor in front Record mode and pre
33. ss and release the SET button Cursor will start blinking again Press either UP or down button until REAL TIME appears in front Record mode Press and release SET button again Now exit out all the menus to activate the selection You are ready to record in real time mode Virtual Real Time Recording 1 In the Normal Record mode menu place your cursor in front of Set by Hour and press and release SET button Normal Record Mode screen pop up on the as shown in figure 13 Place your cursor in front of Record Hour and press and release SET Cursor will start blinking Select the recording speed by pressing UP or DOWN button Press and release the SET button 27 10 12 Now move cursor in front Record mode and press and release the SET button Cursor will start blinking again Press UP OR DOWN button until VIRTUAL REAL TIME appears front of Record mode Press and release SET again Now exit in all the sub menus to exit out of programming mode You are ready to record in Virtual Real time mode Record Hour 4 Record Mode VIRTUAL RT Record Density DOUBLE Exit Figure 13 Set by Hour menu Time Lapse Recording 1 NO In the Normal Record mode menu place your cursor in front of Set by Hour and press and release SET button Normal Record Mo
34. t Mode QM provide a option to set the alarm output as active high or active low Follow the steps to set the QM alarm input as active high or active low 1 Under the Alarm Record mode place the cursor in front of Alarm In Mode and press the SET button 2 On blinking cursor press either UP or DOWN button to select NO Nor mally Open or NC Normally Close 3 Exit out from all the menus to activate the selection Alarm Dwell Alarm Dwell feature of QM let you specify the time for which you want to keep the alarm signal active after the alarm signal goes away To set the time place the cursor infront of Alarm Dwell and press SET button Then select a time by pressing the UP or DOWN button 32 7 7 Remote Port The QM accepts commands from the RS 232C port That means you can control the QM remotely via a computer or any other serial device To interface the computer with the QM the remote port of the multiplexer should connected with the DB 9 or DB25 connectors with the following connection Note When using a PC you must defeat the hardware port handshaking in software or by hardware In hardware you must connect RTS to CTS and also connect DTR to DTS In other words make the computer think the QM is always ready to recieve data Table 1 Remote Control connection with DB 25 to DB 9 Cable Table 2 Remote Control connection with DB 25 to DB 25 33 Table 3 RS 232 Comman
35. t sections we will discuss the powerful programming features of QM To access the main menu of QM follow the steps below 1 2 Press and release the Menu button Main menu will pop up on the screen as shown in the Figure 4 To access any of the sub menus place the cursor in front of T D display Camera Titler Normal Record Mode Remote port Input Termination Sequence Dwell and press and release SET button This is accomplished by using the SEQ UP or MON DOWN buttons to move the cursor or down to put the cursor in front of the desired selection To Exit out of main menu place the cursor in front of EXIT and press and re lease the SET button You may also exit from the menu at any time by pressing the menu button again Time Date Camera Titler Display Settings Normal Record Mode Alarm Record Mode Remote Port Input Termination Sequence Dwell Exit Figure 5 Main Menu of QM8 QM4 7 2 Time amp Date An Internal clock circuit generates the time and date that is super imposed on the monitor screens After the clock is set the date and time modes are displayed on the monitor screens live picture and multiplexed record Under the Time amp Date menu you can turn the time and date display ON or OFF Set the date format as YY MM DD or MM DD YY or DD MM YY You may also set the clock for AM PM 12 hour time or mili tary or 24
36. ton to pressing the desired CAM to select the full screen play back of that camera In this mode the LEDs on PLAY and FULL button will be on along with the respective LED above the selected camera Zoom Mode To view the multiplexed recorded tape in the zoom mode press the PLAY and ZOOM buttons The camera full screen will be the one previously selected or press the CAM whose image you want to view in zoom mode The lights on ZOOM FULL and PLAY will be on along with the CAM LED you selected Use UP DOWN LEFT and RIGHT buttons to select the zoom position You may zoom directly from the quad display mode and again the camera selected will be the previous camera full se lected and zoomed 8 PROGRAMMING QM4 MENU 1 11 37P 1 01 98TH T D Display ON Time Format 12 Hour Date Format MM DD YY Set Time Date Reset Time Date Exit Set Titler 1 Set Titler 2 Titler Display Set Titler 3 Set Titler 4 Set Titler Exit Titler Position Exit Display Position Grayscale Background Record Hour 4 Record Mode VIRTUAL RT Record Density DOUBLE Exit Ext Trigger Time Date Set by Hour Set by Field Interve Camera Titler Display Settings Exit Exit Normal Record Mode Alarm Record Mode Remote Po Input Termination Sequence Dwell Exit Record 1 out of 47 Alarm Record
37. will be viewing the same as the VCR monitor output Press the QUAD button and you will be viewing cameras 1 4 in quad mode If using a QM8 press again to view camera 5 8 If you want to sequence between the two quads in the QM8 press the SEQ button The sequence dwell time will be the same as the camera sequencing dwell setting Remember none of the above modes records the multiplex recording mode press RECORD at any time to go back to the normal QM multiplexed record mode Full Screen Recording Viewing To record just one camera s output press the RECORD button In this mode you will now be able to change the recording signal to the VCR If you are only using a call monitor you will be viewing the same as the VCR monitor output Press the button for the camera images you want to record at this time The LED on the RECORD FULL and CAM button will be turned on If you want to view a different camera on call monitor press the MON button followed by the If you want to view all cameras sequentially press the followed by the SEQ button This is a digital sequencing mode and all cameras are time base corrected That means there will be no monitor roll and no interrup tion on the recorded VCR signal between camera switching Remember none of the above modes records in the multiplex recording mode press RECORD at any time to go back to the normal QM multiplexed
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